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hot dog, that would be great. I want to turn off my home phone but cant.....yet :biggrin:

hot dog, that would be great. I want to turn off my home phone but cant.....yet 😀

Indigo Jill

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I drove by today, SJ, and wondered what the heck that was!  The crane is huge!  Yeah :clap_1: , a cell tower!  You mean, now I won't have to run into the middle of the street or middle of my fire-ant invested backyard to take a cell call when at home?  :biggrin:

I drove by today, SJ, and wondered what the heck that was!  The crane is huge!  Yeah :clap_1: , a cell tower!  You mean, now I won&#039;t have to run into the middle of the street or middle of my fire-ant invested backyard to take a cell call when at home?  😀

Smiling JOe

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[quote="Indigo Jill, post: 178962"]I drove by today, SJ, and wondered what the heck that was!  The crane is huge!  Yeah :clap_1: , a cell tower!  You mean, now I won't have to run into the middle of the street or middle of my fire-ant invested backyard to take a cell call when at home?  :biggrin:[/quote]I am not positive that it is a cell tower, but I am fairly certain. Also, I don't know whose tower it is nor which companies will lease the rights to it, so you may or may not have better reception. When they get it completed, remember to update your tower info on your phone so that your phone can pick it up.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Indigo Jill">I drove by today, SJ, and wondered what the heck that was! The crane is huge! Yeah :clap_1: , a cell tower! You mean, now I won&#039;t have to run into the middle of the street or middle of my fire-ant invested backyard to take a cell call when at home? 😀</blockquote>I am not positive that it is a cell tower, but I am fairly certain. Also, I don&#039;t know whose tower it is nor which companies will lease the rights to it, so you may or may not have better reception. When they get it completed, remember to update your tower info on your phone so that your phone can pick it up.

Franny

[quote="Smiling JOe, post: 178983"]I am not positive that it is a cell tower, but I am fairly certain. Also, I don't know whose tower it is nor which companies will lease the rights to it, so you may or may not have better reception. When they get it completed, remember to update your tower info on your phone so that your phone can pick it up.[/QUOTE]

How do you update your tower info in your cell phone?:confused:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Smiling JOe">I am not positive that it is a cell tower, but I am fairly certain. Also, I don&#039;t know whose tower it is nor which companies will lease the rights to it, so you may or may not have better reception. When they get it completed, remember to update your tower info on your phone so that your phone can pick it up.</blockquote> 
How do you update your tower info in your cell phone?:confused:

pgurney

This reminds of my mother who lives in a small town in SC.  When she's on her cell phone at home she has to stand on a stool in the corner of her foyer...so she doesn't like to talk too long like that.  Probably one of those things you have to see to appreciate the humor, but it's funny.

This reminds of my mother who lives in a small town in SC.  When she&#039;s on her cell phone at home she has to stand on a stool in the corner of her foyer...so she doesn&#039;t like to talk too long like that.  Probably one of those things you have to see to appreciate the humor, but it&#039;s funny.

[quote="Franny, post: 179001"]How do you update your tower info in your cell phone?:confused:[/quote]*228 for Alltel customers. I have had some Alltel reps tell me that it updates only the towers in the roaming area, and I have had other reps tell me that I need to update it regularly to pick up any new tower signals. In this area, it is usually news that we have a new tower, so I don't update it regularly, as I rarely pass the Factory Stores in Sandestin and Lake Powell to the east.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Franny">How do you update your tower info in your cell phone?:confused:</blockquote>*228 for Alltel customers. I have had some Alltel reps tell me that it updates only the towers in the roaming area, and I have had other reps tell me that I need to update it regularly to pick up any new tower signals. In this area, it is usually news that we have a new tower, so I don&#039;t update it regularly, as I rarely pass the Factory Stores in Sandestin and Lake Powell to the east.

[quote="pgurney, post: 179012"]This reminds of my mother who lives in a small town in SC.  When she's on her cell phone at home she has to stand on a stool in the corner of her foyer...so she doesn't like to talk too long like that.  [B]Probably one of those things you have to see to appreciate the humo[/B]r, but it's funny.[/quote]I know all about it. :bang:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="pgurney">This reminds of my mother who lives in a small town in SC. When she&#039;s on her cell phone at home she has to stand on a stool in the corner of her foyer...so she doesn&#039;t like to talk too long like that. Probably one of those things you have to see to appreciate the humor, but it&#039;s funny.</blockquote>I know all about it. :bang:

Camp Creek Kid

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[quote="Camp Creek Kid, post: 179026"]It is a tower for Sprint/Nextel.[/quote]
I think Alltel leases usage from Sprint's towers so that will be good for many people if that is the case.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Camp Creek Kid">It is a tower for Sprint/Nextel.</blockquote>I think Alltel leases usage from Sprint&#039;s towers so that will be good for many people if that is the case.

[quote="Smiling JOe, post: 179060"]I think Alltel leases usage from Sprint's towers so that will be good for many people if that is the case.[/QUOTE]

It will be good for me because I have Sprint!  My husband just happened to be at the Planning Commission meeting when this tower was proposed, which is how I got the info.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Smiling JOe">I think Alltel leases usage from Sprint&#039;s towers so that will be good for many people if that is the case.</blockquote> 
It will be good for me because I have Sprint! My husband just happened to be at the Planning Commission meeting when this tower was proposed, which is how I got the info.

Teresa

SoWal Guide

[quote="Camp Creek Kid, post: 179026"]It is a tower for Sprint/Nextel.[/quote]
 
 
well, they need it according to friends of mine on nextel - the extended coverage has been promised for about 5 years.  and its awful in our area.  Alltel is still the best as far as I know - does anyone know differently?  I would like to know...  I have alltel, and have very few cell connection problems in the area (seaside only, on occasion)...

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Camp Creek Kid">It is a tower for Sprint/Nextel.</blockquote> 
 
well, they need it according to friends of mine on nextel - the extended coverage has been promised for about 5 years. and its awful in our area. Alltel is still the best as far as I know - does anyone know differently? I would like to know... I have alltel, and have very few cell connection problems in the area (seaside only, on occasion)...

Jdarg

Cingular. Like you Toots, have only had problems in Seaside.  Strong signal everywhere else.

30A Skunkape

Skunky

Hooray Sprint!  Now phone service from the Bay might be better:clap_1:

audie

fartblossom

please let it somehow help verizon's reception - which is crap !

please let it somehow help verizon&#039;s reception - which is crap !

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Miss Kitty

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John R

needs to get out more

there's an identical one standing behind watercolor publix, unused.  looks perfectly good to me.

there&#039;s an identical one standing behind watercolor publix, unused.  looks perfectly good to me.

Panhandler

Beach Lover

I saw one going up in Miramar, too...near Regional Utilities...
 
my cell reception (Verizon) is terrible around 331...we'll see:cool:

I saw one going up in Miramar, too...near Regional Utilities... 
 
my cell reception (Verizon) is terrible around 331...we&#039;ll see:cool:

ShallowsNole

In the central part of SoWal (PCB west to 30-A/98), Verizon customers are in "extended coverage" - meaning Verizon is using Alltel's network.  (Or at least that is how it was explained to me before I signed a contract with them. :blush: ) Verizon is [B][I]supposed[/I][/B] to be upgrading coverage in the Santa Rosa Beach area; I can vouch that the signal at Emerald Coast Middle School is stronger than it was at the beginning of the school year.  

*228 is the update feature for Verizon as well, but I have to be at least as far west as Grande Boulevard at Sandestin to use it.

In the central part of SoWal (PCB west to 30-A/98), Verizon customers are in &quot;extended coverage&quot; - meaning Verizon is using Alltel&#039;s network. (Or at least that is how it was explained to me before I signed a contract with them. :blush: ) Verizon is supposed to be upgrading coverage in the Santa Rosa Beach area; I can vouch that the signal at Emerald Coast Middle School is stronger than it was at the beginning of the school year. 
 
*228 is the update feature for Verizon as well, but I have to be at least as far west as Grande Boulevard at Sandestin to use it.

In case you didn't notice, they are currently installing a huge pole, I think cellular tower, behind Frank's Hardware in Grayton. Looks like some people are about to receive better cell reception. :clap_1:

In case you didn&#039;t notice, they are currently installing a huge pole, I think cellular tower, behind Frank&#039;s Hardware in Grayton. Looks like some people are about to receive better cell reception. :clap_1:

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